10 Apr 1943
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1943
Page
1
Allied dispatch from North Africa reports General Montgomery’s order urging his Eighth Army to push toward Tunis and seal the route by sea. The message recalls Mareth and Gabes Gap victories with prisoner tallies and praises troops for their fighting prowess.
Soviet forces repelled fresh German assaults along the Donets in the Balakleya Izyum region with heavy losses to the invaders. The Red Army held bridgeheads along the river while Russian artillery and anti tank guns battered several German attacks.
Allied dispatches report Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery’s Eighth Army advancing rapidly in Tunisia. Sfax fell after a swift pursuit, with Rommel’s forces retreating toward Enfidaville and Tunis as air and naval support pound retreating lines. 20,000 Axis prisoners cited. Mannerini captured. Mareth line pressure continues.
Sfax on the Gulf of Gabes is a major port linked by rail to Gafsa Sousse Tunis and Gabes. It handles phosphates oil almonds and wool and supports a strong fishing industry. The 1926 town population was 27723 with 17574 Muslims and surrounding natives totaling about 44000. The harbor built 1895 97 has been deepened since. Taparura Roman traces remain and 1881 bombardment marked the French conquest.
The United States Crops Corps plans a women’s unit of about 60 000 city and town women to help with farm labor. About 10 000 will work year round, 50 000 for seasonal jobs of a month or longer. A special uniform is designed. entrants must be 18 or older with a doctor’s fitness certificate. Overall, 360 000 women are expected to enroll, 300 000 of whom will be placed by county agents for short emergency farm work.
Twenty five hundred Hawaiian born Japanese are prepared to train with the army's new Japanese American combat team. Arrival announced by the War Department. They entrain for Mississippi where they will meet an equal number from the mainland. All volunteers. chosen from over ten thousand applicants.
The S. S. Charles Pier was launched at Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard Inc in Baltimore today. It is named for the former president of the Link Belt Company of Philadelphia, a maker of elevating and conveying machinery.
Kay Kyser, the nationally known band leader listed on Nash County local board No. 2’s draft list of April 2, has been transferred to the Beverly Hills draft board for induction. His appeal for deferment was rejected several weeks ago.
The House seeks an Easter break tied to resolving a Ways and Means Committee deadlock on pay as you go tax legislation. Speaker Rayburn calls a four member Democratic-leaning consult, while Republicans demand an open rule to allow floor amendments and another push for the Rum plan.
The article lauds General MacArthur as the chosen commander in chief for the Allied Pacific efforts. It argues the war requires a patient, skilled leader to maximize scarce equipment and coordinate troops and civilians, guarding against misjudgment before a decisive big offensive.
London reports Duisburg and other Ruhr Valley industrial targets hit by RAF explosive and incendiary bombs in a night raid. Coastal command attacked shipping off Norway, torpedoing a tanker. two planes missing. Four Focke Wulf 190s downed by Spitfires and Typhoons near Cap Gris Nez.
Food Administrator Chester Davis announced a new price control and production program including a 5 cents a bushel boost in the ceiling price of corn in the surplus production area. He said the plan aims to create a more equitable relationship among livestock meat and feed grain prices and to assure continued heavy production of livestock products.
congressional farm leaders pledged support for Roosevelt's price wage and salary freeze while farm groups criticized the order as unworkable. Senator Bankhead said he would back the executive order in good faith if all are treated alike. Farm organization leaders argued inflation stems from war and urged higher agricultural prices to sustain production.
CIO President Philip Murray urged women war workers to join organized labor and progressive groups to promote an orderly peacetime transition. He warned peace may arrive suddenly as in 1918 and that up to ten million workers could lose jobs within three months after hostilities end.
A Paris dispatch reported by AP says French troops advanced over nine miles in central Tunisia near Pichon and Diehel Zela, a zone that commands the plain around Kairouan, as announced by the Algiers radio.
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